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Exciting Opportunity for CYP LD Nurses in Child and Adolescent Mental Health!
Are you a passionate and dedicated Learning Disability Nurse looking to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people? Join our dynamic team at the forefront of mental health care for 0-18 year-olds!
We are currently recruiting for two full-time positions for LD Nurses to work within our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. In this rewarding role, you will have the opportunity to provide specialized care and support to children and young people with learning disabilities, ensuring they receive the highest standard of mental health care.
Main duties of the job
* The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary community 0-18 / access CYPMH Team, and will be expected to work autonomously, managing a defined case load of 0–18-year-olds with mild/moderate Learning Disabilities and challenging behaviour.
* Management of a small clinical case load within the 0-18 teams.
* To support 0-18 CYPMH colleagues with PBS consultation, PBS working.
* Support SEND thinking and SEND awareness within the 0-18 / access teams.
The community LD Nurses working in 0-18 / Access together supporting SEND and lead on PBS thinking and working in West, East and Access areas.
Working for our organisation
CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Demonstrate commitment to ongoing learning & development
* Registered Nurse - Learning Disability
Knowledge and Expertise
* Ability to assess/plan/evaluate care to clients and parents or carers
* Ability to participate in and develop nursing practice
* Support clients in crisis
* Ability to chair meetings and lead a team meeting
* Deliver training to other professionals and services.
* Learning disability and child related policy
* Safeguarding children
* NHS policy/ practice e.g. health improvement/public health agenda
Experience
* Experience of working with children with Severe Learning Disabilities and challenging behaviour and or mental health problems and their families/ carers
* Experience in working in a behavioural service, experience of a positive behaviour support model
* Delivering training/parenting courses and presentations
* Multi–agency/ professional working
* Clinical supervision of staff
* Positive attitude to young people with Learning Disabilities
* Awareness of relevant legislation and good practice relating to young people with Learning Disabilities (Valuing People)
* Appreciation of governance
* Experience in delivery of quality initiatives
* Experience of working in CAMHS
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Penny Millington Job title Clinical Lead CYP Neurodevelopmental Services Email address p.millington@nhs.net Telephone number 01625712043 Additional information
Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow
We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.
With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?
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